Hollywood Movie Star Life Sim

Name: Hollywood Movie Star Life Sim
Rating: 4.8 (17483 reviews)
Author: Chimpanzee, LLC

TV Box Office Tycoon Simulator

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

17K Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Chimpanzee, LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

56.3
MB

(NO ADS) Start as an aspiring actor and climb your way to the A-List! Audition for roles, negotiate pay, hire agents, launch a studio! Will you be the next MOVIE STAR?! =================== RECENT 5-STAR REVIEWS =================== "I’ve been manifesting an actors simulation game and this is perfect!" "As always another brilliant game in the style of many other Chimpanzee games with hours of fun to be enjoyed!" "Game has great potential, many great features and immersive gameplay..." "I’ve been looking for a game like this for a long time! Perfect game with some really cool elements! Another banger!" =================== Less than 1% of aspiring actors make it to the A-List! Will your movies break box office records? Will your TV show be renewed next season? Do you have what it takes to make the cut and leave a legacy? • Star in commercials, student films, short films, TV series or feature films - eventually launch your own studio! • Create showreels, apply to roles, and follow the journey from audition to syndication! • Hire talent agents with exclusive access to the best roles in Hollywood but you'll have to get them a cut! • Negotiate pay for movie sequels, and renewal seasons for hit TV shows! • Hype up and promote your films with your fans and followers! • Launch your own studio complete with equipment! Write and produce screenplays... or choose to sell them! • Produce movies and plan a budget, raise capital, choose cast, locations and marketing strategies! • Track your movie's box office gross and how many hours your TV shows are streamed! • Build your income overtime through syndication, residuals and royalties! • Hire managers to invest in movies and land endorsement deals! • Hire security to protect you from obsessive fans! • Blow your wealth on massive properties and cars • Compete on global leaderboards

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

17K Ratings

Really Good Game But can be better 2
Sep 23

GameCritic1019
This game is amazing and seriously addicting — it really pulls you into the grind of trying to make it big in Hollywood. I love the detail and how much effort clearly went into building the star life journey.That said, it does take quite a while to become famous and land significant movie or TV roles. In my own playthrough, I didn’t get a show with a solid IMDb score (finally an 8.8!) until I was around 29. Before that, most of my projects had embarrassingly low scores (like 2.8), which made the climb to stardom feel extra slow.Another thing I’d like to see improved is the money system. Right now, even as an A-lister, I’m earning about $200k on average per project. In real life, top-tier actors pull in $10 million or more per film, so the payouts in the game don’t quite reflect the reality of what being a superstar means.Lastly, the overall difficulty feels like it’s locked on “hard mode.” It would be great if the devs added Easy, Medium, and Hard modes so players can choose how quickly (or slowly) they want their fame and fortune to build.Overall though, the game is really good and highly addictive. It just needs a few tweaks to balance the grind and rewards. Thanks for making this — looking forward to future updates!
Really Good Game But can be better 2
Sep 23

GameCritic1019

This game is amazing and seriously addicting — it really pulls you into the grind of trying to make it big in Hollywood. I love the detail and how much effort clearly went into building the star life journey.That said, it does take quite a while to become famous and land significant movie or TV roles. In my own playthrough, I didn’t get a show with a solid IMDb score (finally an 8.8!) until I was around 29. Before that, most of my projects had embarrassingly low scores (like 2.8), which made the climb to stardom feel extra slow.Another thing I’d like to see improved is the money system. Right now, even as an A-lister, I’m earning about $200k on average per project. In real life, top-tier actors pull in $10 million or more per film, so the payouts in the game don’t quite reflect the reality of what being a superstar means.Lastly, the overall difficulty feels like it’s locked on “hard mode.” It would be great if the devs added Easy, Medium, and Hard modes so players can choose how quickly (or slowly) they want their fame and fortune to build.Overall though, the game is really good and highly addictive. It just needs a few tweaks to balance the grind and rewards. Thanks for making this — looking forward to future updates!
Great Game - Could be even Better
08/27/2024

Pissed91837462828
Absolutely love this game. I’ve played it a couple times, but at a certain point it becomes so easy that there’s no point continuing. I have some ideas for tweaks and other things that could make it more fun.1. When you start investing in films, there should be more busts than hits. Right now I always make money when I invest in a film, but that’s rare in the real world. 2. Same for when you have a movie studio and you produce your own tv series and then everyone bids on it. What if no one bids on it because they don’t want it? It could make everything riskier.3. Directors. Can you add famous “name” directors to the game? So that when you’re an aspiring actor, it’s really hard to get cast in one of their films, but could also alter your career? I think about your publishing game and how hard it is to get published by one of the Big Five. What is there were 5 big directors you need to get cast by? Same when it comes to studios. What are the 5 big studios you want to get cast by?4. News stories. Can you add a feature where you have news stories announcing films or tv projects? You have it with the reviews (which is awesome!), but I think you could build out the world a bit to make it more fun. Think about the website Deadline. It would be cool to have pop up news stories about the new film by one of the big 5 directors. Or a news story about which film was nominated for 11 Oscars.
Great Game - Could be even Better
08/27/2024

Pissed91837462828

Absolutely love this game. I’ve played it a couple times, but at a certain point it becomes so easy that there’s no point continuing. I have some ideas for tweaks and other things that could make it more fun.1. When you start investing in films, there should be more busts than hits. Right now I always make money when I invest in a film, but that’s rare in the real world. 2. Same for when you have a movie studio and you produce your own tv series and then everyone bids on it. What if no one bids on it because they don’t want it? It could make everything riskier.3. Directors. Can you add famous “name” directors to the game? So that when you’re an aspiring actor, it’s really hard to get cast in one of their films, but could also alter your career? I think about your publishing game and how hard it is to get published by one of the Big Five. What is there were 5 big directors you need to get cast by? Same when it comes to studios. What are the 5 big studios you want to get cast by?4. News stories. Can you add a feature where you have news stories announcing films or tv projects? You have it with the reviews (which is awesome!), but I think you could build out the world a bit to make it more fun. Think about the website Deadline. It would be cool to have pop up news stories about the new film by one of the big 5 directors. Or a news story about which film was nominated for 11 Oscars.
Has potential
03/23/2023

Normanrebates
Listen, I like this game. But I started over because I thought I had worked out how to improve my talents only to find that j was entirely wrong. The exponential increase to spending energy on talents, the energy cost of jobs, applying for auditions, and expending energy on improving your auditions/bookings only for it to make absolutely no difference in the end, and how frequently your energy decreases when you only start with a max of 100 in the first place, are frustrating. Oftentimes I’d find myself doing everything I could think of to increase my different talent scores only to see they haven’t budged, or there is at least no indication that they have budged. The tooltips and help aren’t very clear. I think it would greatly benefit this game if there were some tweaks to energy gained versus expended, max energy, and maybe making acting classes and auditioning/booking roles visibly improve talent scores instead of just experience. I wouldn’t mind an occasional option to watch an ad to boost something if I’m running out of time to boost performance on an audition or something, even.
Has potential
03/23/2023

Normanrebates

Listen, I like this game. But I started over because I thought I had worked out how to improve my talents only to find that j was entirely wrong. The exponential increase to spending energy on talents, the energy cost of jobs, applying for auditions, and expending energy on improving your auditions/bookings only for it to make absolutely no difference in the end, and how frequently your energy decreases when you only start with a max of 100 in the first place, are frustrating. Oftentimes I’d find myself doing everything I could think of to increase my different talent scores only to see they haven’t budged, or there is at least no indication that they have budged. The tooltips and help aren’t very clear. I think it would greatly benefit this game if there were some tweaks to energy gained versus expended, max energy, and maybe making acting classes and auditioning/booking roles visibly improve talent scores instead of just experience. I wouldn’t mind an occasional option to watch an ad to boost something if I’m running out of time to boost performance on an audition or something, even.
Great at first until you reach billionaire
06/14/2023

arethereanynameslefttopick
Enjoyable at first. Grinding and trying to maximize energy spending every week is quite addicting. Finding that perfect talent agent or manager is awesome as they really help with progression. Don’t wait too long to build up your talent points or you won’t score those better gigs. The director addition was a good idea, however, it feels like it’s missing some additional sliders that players can adjust to improve or worsen the outcome of the movie. Maybe allow the player to choose equipment, producers, camera men etc., or the ability to create scenes for your movies. Some additional events would be cool too. Things that a player must choose that will affect different aspects. And as others have said, once you get to a certain point, there is nothing else to purchase and with the new cap on directing/creating movies, doesn’t give much incentive for players who have put in work and invested real money to even play anymore. Just a few ideas! Thanks for the game!

Developer Response
Appreciate the feedback and great tips! Thanks for playing! - Jon
Great at first until you reach billionaire
06/14/2023

arethereanynameslefttopick

Enjoyable at first. Grinding and trying to maximize energy spending every week is quite addicting. Finding that perfect talent agent or manager is awesome as they really help with progression. Don’t wait too long to build up your talent points or you won’t score those better gigs. The director addition was a good idea, however, it feels like it’s missing some additional sliders that players can adjust to improve or worsen the outcome of the movie. Maybe allow the player to choose equipment, producers, camera men etc., or the ability to create scenes for your movies. Some additional events would be cool too. Things that a player must choose that will affect different aspects. And as others have said, once you get to a certain point, there is nothing else to purchase and with the new cap on directing/creating movies, doesn’t give much incentive for players who have put in work and invested real money to even play anymore. Just a few ideas! Thanks for the game!
Developer Response 06/17/2023
Appreciate the feedback and great tips! Thanks for playing! - Jon